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upon FOLLY, 23 dient that Man, who was Born for th 2 aétion of Bufinefs, fhould have fo CORE dom as fhould fit and capacitate him for the Diſcharge of his Duty herein, and yet left fuch a Meafure as is requifite for this Purpole might prove too dangerous and fatal, I were this Infallible Receipt of taking a Wife, Creature fo harmlefs BA filly, andl yet fo 68 and convenient, as might mollifie and make pliable the Stiffneſs and moroſe Humour of Man. Now that which made Plato doubt under what Gezus to rank Woman, whether among Brutes or. Rational Creatures, was only meant to denote the extream Stupidnefs and Folly of that:Sex; a Sex fo unalterably Simple, that for any.of them to thruft forward, and reach at the Name of W7/e, is but to make themfelves the more remarkable Fools, ſuch an Endeavour, being buta ſwimming againft the Stream, nay, a turning the Courts of Nature, the bare: Attempting whereof is as extravagant as the effecting of it is impoffible: For.asit isa trite Proverb, TLat an Ase will be an Ape, tho clad iu Purple ; fo a Woman will be a Woman Z. e. a Fool, whatever Difguife fhe takes up. And yet there is no Reafon Women fhould take it amifs to be thus charged ; for if they do but rightly confider they'll find that it is to Folly they are beholden for thofe Endowments wherein they fo far furpafs and excel Man, as firft; for their unparallell’d Beauty, by the Charm whereof they tyrannize over the greateft ‘Tyrants : For what is it but too greata Paar? o
